Then
at the August
1 noon
briefing,
without having
e-mailed an
answer to
Inner City
Press as the
media which
asked the
question (as
Nesirky
office does
with at least
some other
media),
Nesirky came
and
announced the
winner: the
Selex ES
Falco,
described as
the "the
only tactical
UAS entirely
developed in
Europe to have
been exported
and used in
operations.
Elbit of
Israel has
also ordered
the Selex."

Interestingly,
Qaddafi's
Libya was also
apply to buy a
Selex, but was
being reviewed
by the Italian
government.
Now it's said
Ladsous'
drones could
be
flying over
the Democratic
Republic of
the Congo (and
its border
with
Rwanda) as
early as
September.

(On
August 1,
Nesirky
refused Inner
City Press any
follow up
questions on
the claims he
had just made
about Ladsous'
drones, while
allowing
others
including
Pamela Falk,
UNCA's 2013
President, two
rounds of
questions.)

Nesirky's
office,
rather than
solving this,
has
exacerbated
it. At least
one
former UN
spokesperson
has indicated
this is an
abdication of
the UN
spokesperson's
role. But that
determination
would be up to
Ban
Ki-moon. Even
member states
who have been
speaking
against this
(non)
communications
approach don't
have any say.
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site.